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Posted by: BDGates at October 5, 2009 4:55 PM in response to House of the Day: 315 Garfield Place

I can personally say withe the exception of sam and bkny you are all grossly uninformed! I have had the EXTREME pleasure of staying in the house many time. Every thing is completely restored to the most minute details. Keys found for all the look, like fixtures taken apart and cleaned or replaced with era appropriate one. Mahogany doors, hand made shutters on all the windows from mahogany, missing molding painstaking recreated. Chrome re-chromed, stainless steel matched. Even the brass screws have all bee removed and polished. The large planters in front are hand made and mahogany. How do I know this. I help oversee the army of old world artisans that did the work and personally search the world for the exact replicas. I have seen the fixtures go out for repair and return. The modern equipment has skillfully been hidden, AC huge sub Zeros, a massive Viking Range, Chimneys reopened by tearing out entire walls so that the industrial range could have a commercial hood. All fireplaces work. The house has been wired for networking. Every single wall has been re-skimed with plaster. Meile washer and dryers on two floors for the maid. This is a house for a family with servants and old world wealth. And person of that stature will instantly appreciate the detail and amenities for staff, as do the current owners. Jealously is a very ugly emotion. This is the real thing, design and restored to be lived in just as it was when it was built in the gilded age. I can't help if you cannot afford the gilded age lifestyle but many can and will completely appreciate it the moment they walk in the door.

Posted by: BDGates at October 5, 2009 3:45 PM in response to House of the Day: 315 Garfield Place